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A Desire to Disfigure: Acid Attack in India International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory, Vol. 7, No. 2, December 2014, 1-11 A Desire to Disfigure: Acid Attack in India _____________________________________________________________________ Mamta Patel1 Abstract Girls are dying or disfigured everyday due to acid attacks. Girls have lost their lives while many are struggling with wounds who have survived from these vicious attacks by thwarted lovers by those seeking revenge against another family by jealous colleagues. This paper is an attempt to understand the reasons for the attacks and ways used for their disfigurement. News paper reports from January 2009 to December 2013 have been the source of the study. Thus the method of content analysis was adopted for this purpose. The findings reveal that total 58 cases have been reported during this period. Of these 65.49% cases were found under the age of 27 years. This problem has also been reported from rural area (15.51% cases). The result also shows that most of the girls were suffering from psychological trauma and expenses of reconstructive surgery. To put a stop to the growing number of acid attacks the Supreme Court clamped down on the sale of the toxic liquid and also ordered higher compensation to acid attack victims. Illegal sale and purchase of acid to be consider as non- bailable offence. Introduction In South Asia, disputes over land, inheritances, dowries, and declined marriage proposals often arouse jealousy, which lead to acid violence and women becomes the first victim of it. Acid attacks are intensely inhuman crimes because the perpetrators plan to disfigure the victims rather than kill them. Acid is also easily available and cheap, which is thrown at women. These attacks make them disfigured, often blinded, and severely traumatized. The lives of many women, deprived of free choice and independence in this way, have been destroyed (www.impression50webs.org). Women in different parts of India have faced acid attacks from men for several reasons, most common among them being refusal of proposal. Men track down these women, accost them and attack them with acid leaving them severely scarred. Though the physical injuries may heal after laborious and multiple operations, the mental injuries remain for life (www.stopstreetharassement.org). Acid violence is the deliberate use of acid to attack another human being. The victims of acid violence are overwhelmingly women and children, and attackers often target the head and face in order to maim, disfigure and blind. The act rarely kills but causes severe physical, psychological and social scarring, and victims are often left with no legal recourse, limited access to medical or psychological assistance, and without the means to support themselves. Acid violence is a world- wide phenomenon that is not restricted to a particular race, religion or geographical location (www.acidviolence.org). 1 Department of Criminology and Forensic Science, Dr. H.S.G. University Sagar (M.P.), [email protected] 1 International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory, Vol. 7, No. 2, December 2014, 1-11 Meaning of Acid Attack Acid throwing is called an acid attack. Defined as the act of throwing acid or a similarly corrosive substance on to the body of another within the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill. Perpetrators of these attacks throw acid at their victims, usually at their faces, burning them, and damaging skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones. The most common types of acid used in these attacks are sulfuric, nitric, or hydrochloric acid. The long term consequences of these attacks may include blindness, as well as permanent scarring of the face and body, along with far-reaching social, psychological, and economic difficulties (www.wikipedia-acid attack). Acid attack can be viewed to mean “any act of throwing acid or using acid in any form on the victim with the intention of or with knowledge that such person is likely to cause to the other person permanent or partial damage or deformity or disfiguration to any part of the body of such person (National Commission of India, July 2009). Though acid attack is a crime which can be committed against any man or woman, it has a specific gender dimension in India. Most of the reported acid attacks have been committed on women, particularly young women for spurning suitor for rejecting proposals for marriage, for denying dowry etc. (Law Commission of India, July 2009). Effects of Acid Attack The most notable effects of an acid attack are the lifelong bodily disfigurement. According to the Acid Survivors Foundation in Pakistan, there is a high survival rate amongst victims of acid attacks. Consequently the victim is faced with physical challenges, which require long term surgical treatment, as well as psychological challenges, which require in-depth intervention from psychologists and counselors at each stage of physical recovery. These far-reaching effects on their lives impact their psychological, social and economic viability in communities (www.wikipedia.com). Medical The medical effects of acid attacks are extensive. As a majority of acid attacks are aimed at the face. Severity of the damage depends on the concentration of the acid and the period of time before the acid is thoroughly washed off with water or neutralizing agent. The acid can rapidly eat away skin, the layer of fat beneath the skin, and in some cases even the underlying bone. Eyelids and lips may be completely destroyed, the nose and ears severely damaged. Acid attack victims also face the possibility of septicemia, renal failure, skin depigmentation, and even death (Mannan, A., et.al, 2005). Psychological Acid assault survivors face many mental health issues upon recovery. Acid attack victims reported higher levels of anxiety, depression, due to their appearance. Additionally, the women reported lowered self- esteem according to the Rosenberg Scale and increased self consciousness, both in general and in the social sphere. Social Many social implications exist for acid survivors, especially women. Such attacks usually leave victims handicapped in some way, rendering them dependent on either their spouse or family for everyday activities, such as eating and running errands. These dependencies are increased by the fact that many acid survivors are not able to find suitable work, due to impaired vision and physical handicapped. As a result, divorce, abandonment by husbands is common in the society. Moreover, acid survivors who are single when attacked almost certainly become ostracized from society, effectively ruining marriage prospects. 2 International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory, Vol. 7, No. 2, December 2014, 1-11 Acid Survivors Trust International Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI) is the only organization whose sole purpose is to work towards the end of acid violence across the world. Recognizing the need for local knowledge and expertise in order to combat acid violence effectively, ASTI founded and continues to support the development of six partner organizations in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Pakistan, Nepal, Uganda and India. It also works with UN agencies, NGOs and strategic partners from across the world to increase awareness of acid violence and develop effective responses at the national and international level (www.acidviolence.org). Statistical Overview on Acid Attack Acid attacks are carried out because of discriminatory attitudes. There is no national database to statically track cases of acid violence. Many cases go unreported. To combat acid violence on a sustained basis, reliable statistics are necessary. Estimates vary from 500 to 1000 cases a year in India, based on research conducted by Acid Survivors Foundation India. In India, there are 28 states and 7 union territories; it gives a figure of about 350 cases per year, excluding unreported incidents. These underlying reasons need to be addressed if acid attack and indeed other forms of violence against women and girls are to be challenged and eradicated (www.acidviolence.org). Public Interest Litigation by the Victim Many recent incidents highlight that the jilted lovers were going beyond the more common practice acid attacks. The past few years there has been an alarming rise in cases of savage attack on girls in an around the country (TTI, Feb.23,2013). Fight started for rights when a minor, Laxmi was waiting for a bus in Delhi in 2005 when two men poured acid on her after she refused to marry one of them, leaving her disfigured. The order came seven years after Laxmi, 22- year- old, an acid attack survivor moved the court, citing loopholes in the law and inadequate government policies. Laxmi ‘Public Interest Litigation’ also demanded compensation. To put a stop to the growing number of acid attacks, the Supreme Court, clamped down on the sale of the toxic liquid and also ordered higher compensation for the victims (HT, July19, 2013). About the Acid Sulfuric, nitric, and hydrochloric acid are most commonly used and are all cheap and readily available in many instances. Since acid is used as a low cost cleaning agent, buying acid hardly ever raises suspicion. It is sold openly over the country, in neighborhood markets and hardware stores for as cheap as Rupees 30 for 750 ml (TTI, July 15, 2013). Legislation in India 1. Grievous hurt, Section 320 in Indian Penal Code, 1860.In Indian Penal Code, permanent disfiguration of the head or face comes under grievous hurt (http//:indiankanoon.org). 2. The National Commission for Women (NCW) came up with a draft of the Prevention of Offences (by Acids) Act, 2008. 3. The draft Bill proposed by the NCW suggested that a national acid attack victims’ assistance board be set up to recommend to the government strategies for regulating and controlling the production, hoarding, import, sale and distribution of acids. 4. The Cabinet has passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2012, with special provisions for acid victims.
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